Example sentences of "[num] set up [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | On becoming choirmaster at south Hackney parish church ( 1872–5 ) Hunt gathered the support of leading organists in London and in 1872 set up an independent institution to provide better training for church musicians . |
2 | In 1873 he returned to England to take up the post of electrician to the Highton Battery Company , and in 1877 set up the first experimental overhead telephone line in England , only two years after the invention of the telephone in the United States by Alexander Graham Bell [ q.v . ] . |
3 | In the Habsburg territories in central Europe , which because of their exposed geographical position and limited economic strength greatly needed an effective and well-controlled foreign policy , the Emperor Joseph I in 1709 set up a new committee of nine officials for this purpose . |
4 | Following a military coup in 1980 legislative and executive powers were assumed by a National Security Council ( NSC ) led by Gen. Kenan Evren , which in October 1981 set up a Consultative Assembly to draft a new constitution which was approved by referendum in November 1982 . |
5 | Last year twenty thousand set up a tented shanty town on the site , taking police by surprise and enraging local people . |
6 | The DC on May 8 set up a special commission to manage the affairs of its Milan branch . |
7 | In a related development , the two countries in February 1990 set up a special " hotline " to notify each other of oil spills in the Barents Sea and agreed to arrange joint oil-pollution control exercises . |
8 | President Suharto on Nov. 19 set up a seven-person commission to investigate the Dili incident , headed by Chief Justice Jaelani , a retired army general , and comprising officials from the Home Affairs , Foreign and Justice Ministries , and representatives from the Supreme Court , armed forces and parliament . |